From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 1 10:58:43 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72AD516A41F for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 10:58:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nge@cs.hmc.edu) Received: from turing.cs.hmc.edu (turing.cs.hmc.edu [134.173.42.99]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDBF043D77 for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 10:58:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nge@cs.hmc.edu) Received: by turing.cs.hmc.edu (Postfix, from userid 26983) id EE62A53271; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 02:58:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.cs.hmc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FDA15A8DE; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 02:58:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 02:58:36 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Eldredge X-X-Sender: nate@turing To: Philippe PEGON In-Reply-To: <4366879A.7090603@crc.u-strasbg.fr> Message-ID: References: <4366879A.7090603@crc.u-strasbg.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: show stopper for FreeBSD 6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:58:43 -0000 On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Philippe PEGON wrote: > Hi, > > I know that it's a bit late for FreeBSD 6 release, but I think this > issue is a significant problem for FreeBSD : > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/83375 > > our productions servers with FreeBSD 5.4 reboots every week with this > panic and we are not alone. We hoped that FreeBSD 6 would have solved > this problem after this thread on freebsd-stable : > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-stable/2005-June/016154.html > > I have just tested with FreeBSD 6-RC1 and the problem remains here. > Moreover, I think it's also a security issue because a single user, with > a shell account on an FreeBSD SMP box, could trigger a panic with a > simple shell script like that one (posted by Marc Olzheim in PR 83375), > it's annoying particularly in a multi-user environment : I am looking at this. I have a good idea what the problem is and will update tomorrow. -- Nate Eldredge nge@cs.hmc.edu